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claire witch project @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 6h

my new @lwlies.com column articulates some of my frustrations around the dumbing down of press tours and thoughtful journalism being shut out in favour of contentslop. feat. wise words from @hannahstrong.co.uk and a cameo from my mike faist group chat: mailchi.mp/tcolondon/fi...

pale yellow graphic overlaid with a picture of a man screaming in the rain. The header reads 'THE LETTER BY CLAIRE BIDDLES'. Text underneath the image reads 'Entertainment and serious film journalism needn’t be mutually exclusive, and we deserve to have both.'

PI understand that a lot of this is established publications adapting to the (cursed) times, but it’s increasingly depressing to witness the decline of real film journalism in favour of content-slop: out-of-context quotes for Instagram stories, braindead games, the alarming rise of actors being made to read thirst tweets about themselves. And don’t get me started on the apparently obligatory chicken-based content farm. My friend and LWLies editor Hannah Strong articulated this in a thread on Bluesky, relating to the flak that Faist’s East of Eden co-star Christopher Abbott was getting about looking less than enthusiastic in some Instagram content: “It annoys me that the masses seem to assume everyone is THRILLED to eat chicken wings or play games or whatever in order to convince people to value their work.

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Little White Lies @lwlies.com · 08/10/2026

Launching… LWLies 115 – The Wild Horse Nine issue. Interviews with Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell and Mariana di Girolamo plus much, much more. Cover art by Zoé Maghamès Peters.

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Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 15/10/2026

The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come. #YouSavedthePCC

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

feeling very what is going on with mycareer at the moment bUT my first programmed screening last sunday was sold out!! 🫨 tysm to everyone that came to see anchoress (1993)!! ❤️‍🔥

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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

well i don't want to write about harry potter again so i'll just link this review of hogwarts legacy where i did my absolute best to try to demonstrate that there is no way you can seperate out jk rowling's political worldview from this text, it's impossible www.polygon.com/reviews/2360...

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Hogwarts Legacy wants to make everyone happy, but Harry Potter gets in the way

Rowling’s specter looms above a vapid open world

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The Knight of the Flowers, by Georges Rochegrosse (1894)

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 25/03/2026

Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

“De rattentaxi nemen” on Dutch Wikipedia nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_ratt...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/04/2025

This is straight up nazi shit. The nazis published propaganda on Jewish crime. If this were blackcrimeuk or immigrantcrimeuk everyone would see it for the bigoted shit that it is.

Screenshot of a tweet from the verified account of J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling), posted at 12:52 PM on April 28, 2025. The tweet contains only a hyperlink: "transcrimeuk.com". The tweet has 2,057 views.

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

My first book, Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig, is out now! Tysm to gorgeous friends, family and colleagues for their support, as well as everyone from Studio Press/Bonnier Books 🎀 If you have a Greta girlie in your life you should get them a copy, it’s cute and well-researched! 🙂‍↕️ lnk.to/GretaGerwig

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I haven't been on here much lately but I've done some cool stuff I should probably show off about 🫡 for instance for @film.curzon.com / @curzon.com I spoke to the lovely Hlynur Pálmason about this stunning new film The Love That Remains: www.curzon.com/journal/the-...

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 17/03/2026

truly believe that it’s unhealthy to have a take on every single topic. It’s Good Actually for there to be discourse that you are not informed on

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Lillian Crawford @lillcrawf.co.uk · 04/02/2026

The second episode of the Listen to Lillian podcast features the wonderful @lauravenning.bsky.social discussing one of the most formidable Jane Austen adaptations, 1995’s Sense and Sensibility.

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Sense and Sensibility (1995) with Laura Venning

Listen now (53 mins) | This week's episode explores a masterful adaptation of Jane Austen's first novel.

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Little White Lies @lwlies.com · 02/02/2026

100 Nights of Hero unfolds at breakneck speed, with never a dull moment. Julia Jackman deftly interweaves her multiple narrative threads and indulges (complimentary) in woozy, dreamlike montages of image and sound, writes @lauravenning.bsky.social Review: lwlies.com/reviews/100-...

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100 Nights of Hero review – an affecting fable of queer female…

Julia Jackman’s adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel is a charming, ambitious queer fantasy.

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Marshall Shaffer @marshallshaffer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A good day to chat all things Greta Gerwig with @lauravenning.bsky.social, author of GRETA GERWIG: ICONS OF CINEMA, over on my Substack! marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/thankful-f...

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Thankful for Greta Gerwig

A conversation with author Laura Venning

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I wrote a little book, pals. 'SOFIA COPPOLA: The Complete Unofficial Guide' is out today from @quercusbooks.bsky.social/ Greenfinch and in all good bookstores. I loved delving into Sofia's prettified & melancholy worlds. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Slightly too many titters in the audience for my liking but i had a great time with it!

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Idk what it says about me that I cried at Pillion and Hamnet left me cold,,,,,,that film has Most Acting disease

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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

don’t forget to cross your arms over your chest before you lower yourself back down into the bog for the night

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I had a brilliant conversation with Marc and Seth on @unwatchables.bsky.social about two very nasty Aussie films 🇦🇺 A perverse pleasure!!

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Ready to preorder the small press short story collection with this cover RIGHT NOW.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Anthonie de Lorme, born in Tournai but mostly of Rotterdam, whose Laurenskerk he often painted. As here in 1669.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 10/09/2025

Liberal politicians if you are so disturbed just pretend Charlie Kirk was a Palestinian child and you’ll get over it in no time

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I'm stepping in last minute to introduce The Breakfast Club at BFI Southbank tomorrow evening, ironic for someone who was too much of a goody two-shoes to have ever been given detention at school 🏫🎒 Tickets here! whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

hahaha fuck maybe that would motivate me to work out a bit more often!

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

No more showing off in public ever again lmao

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I’ll never forget going to Fopp to ask if they had the second sight special edition of The Babadook behind the till and made the mistake of mentioning to the guy that I’d contributed an essay to it only to be met with a stony-faced “does anyone actually read those” 💀

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🫠🫠🫠 I saw someone calling it a “national embarrassment”

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Sorry but all these 21 year old guys moaning about not getting the LFF tickets they wanted……..

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 09/09/2025

i don't think you see the gender discrepancy in film criticism quite as glaringly as you do in annual film festival coverage

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Venice best bits (including Annie Ernaux irl!!) 🌅

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 08/09/2025

i am also pro 100 nights of hero, the lovely fantastical romp from julia jackman, which @lauravenning.bsky.social did an excellent write-up of for LWLies lwlies.com/venice-film-...

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100 Nights of Hero – first-look review

Julia Jackman's adaptation of Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel is a charming, ambitious queer fantasy.

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

A shame what's going on in cultural journalism right now. Too many of us have lost jobs at a time when this work is desperately needed. Without it, the less curious people will become, and the less motivated they will be to challenge the culture they're consuming. That could be by design right now.

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I think Greta Gerwig's Little Women script is a pretty miraculous work of adaptation

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Loved reviewing Materialists for @lwlies.com , a strange, flawed film that I was still rather charmed by!! 🍸

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